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Re:Captcha pictures force you to look at the world the way a... by jodrellblank on Saturday August 07, 2021 @05:42PM (#28102118)
Something melancholy about them is the loss of the idealism of "User Agent" as a scriptable machine which can act on your behalf on the innocent and collaborative proto-internet.
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Re:Captcha pictures force you to look at the world the way a... by matheusmoreira on Saturday August 07, 2021 @06:01PM (#28102282)
I also mourn the loss of User Agents. Why can't they just let bots browse?
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